I quite like playing story heavy action adventures / casual rpgs in the vain of Dragon Age, Mass Effect, Assassins Creed, Watch Dogs etc The better known Im aware of and already played most of them but my question is: do you know of any that haven't made the ign front page?

I've played Venetica, The Last Templar and just now Rise Of the Argonauts and am looking for similair games. The focus for me would be on setting / story rather than an elaborate fighting mechanic or graphics. Maybe some of you came across some hidden gems?

Any recommendations appreciated :)

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Beyond Good and Evil is top notch action adventure. Didn't see it recommended here.

I also recommend:

  • Oddworld: New 'n' tasty (it's more like a cinematic platformer, but action adventure also fits well)
  • A short hike
  • Bastion (more like Action- RPGish)
  • Also the complete Legacy of Kain franchise, IMHO the best story in the history of videogames, and I'm playing games since the early 80s,

I've also played the prologue of Raji: An Ancient Epic and looks amazing.

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Beyond Good & Evil was great (except for the final boss....), Oddworld & Bastion aswell. A short hike I own on cough epic but haven't played yet. Raji, I've never heard of and it looks great! Ty

3 years ago
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Viking Battle of Asgard
Lord of the Rings War in the North (removed from steam)
Kingdoms of Amalur
Risen Franchise
Gothic Franchise
Jedi Academy
Lichdom Battlemage
R.A.W. Realms of Ancient War
Victor Vran
Blood Knights
Enclave is a lot of fun, but crashes a lot and I couldn't play much of it
Lord of the Rings Conquest (only available as retail copy)
The Darkness II

3 years ago
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I want to play Viking but it's hard locked to 30 fps it makes me nauseous trying to play it.

3 years ago
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Kingdoms Of Amalur is one of my all time favs. Blood Knights, Enclave & Darkness II are already in my library and now on my "next to play"-list. Thanks

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I recently played through Blood Knights and didn't care for it much. The writing isn't that good and the combat is simplistic if you go with ranged abilities. It's only about 5 hours long though, if you are looking for something short.

Victor Vran is a Diablo clone. It's a little repetitive but I enjoyed it. It's not very plot focused. If you are looking for Diablo clones with more plot and exposition you might prefer something like Inquisitor or Divine Divinity.

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Since it's in my library I might aswell give it a go. Victor Vran I've finished not too long ago and yes it's really repetitive in the 2nd half but I liked it. Inquisitor seems interesting. Thanks.

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Pathologic 2 looks weird ( in a good way). Ty

3 years ago
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With all due respect, I'd hardly call Death Stranding a lesser known game (but yes, there's something unique about it indeed).

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Some recommendations from the top of my head:

  • Kingdoms of Amalur
  • Fable
  • Dragon's Dogma
  • Enslaved - Odyssey to the west
  • Styx series (I particularly enjoyed Of Orcs and men)
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Love Amalur and Fable! Enjoyed Enslaved too. I have the first two Styx games in my library and will start with Of Orcs and Men :) Thanks!

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Does this count as less popular? https://store.steampowered.com/app/367500/Dragons_Dogma_Dark_Arisen/
Nice story but kinda hard at the beggining.

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I had this on my wishlist for quite some time. Seems really good!

3 years ago
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Remnant: From the ashes is quite similar too I think. I have it on wishlist

3 years ago
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Nice + it has Coop :)

3 years ago
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Maybe those:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/231330/Deadfall_Adventures/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/225260/Brutal_Legend/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/11450/Overlord/ and new parts
https://store.steampowered.com/app/425210/Shadwen/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/418180/Tempest_Pirate_Action_RPG/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/40300/Risen/ and other parts
https://store.steampowered.com/app/843250/The_Last_DeadEnd/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/259190/Alone_in_the_Dark_The_New_Nightmare/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/243120/Betrayer/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/413710/Blood_and_Gold_Caribbean/ based on Mount & Blade
https://store.steampowered.com/app/243930/Bound_By_Flame/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/9800/Death_to_Spies/ and other part too
https://store.steampowered.com/app/680750/Destination_Primus_Vita__Ep_1/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/424640/Karaski_What_Goes_Up/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/261760/Lichdom_Battlemage/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/265300/Lords_Of_The_Fallen/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/692780/Olorun_Theocracy/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/247730/Nether_Resurrected/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/209630/Magrunner_Dark_Pulse/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/307880/Savage_Lands/ more of a survival like rust but less popular
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1227580/Trasta/ same as before
https://store.steampowered.com/app/594680/Shuyan_Saga/ beautiful game, there's 2nd like that too, I'll link if I find it
https://store.steampowered.com/app/658980/Valnir_Rok_Survival_RPG/

Most of them may be waaay far from what you're looking for, but I like to collect less popular games and those are just s part of them.
Hope you find something good!

3 years ago
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Quite the list and there are some I've never heard of. Thank you! And I just recently played Shuyan Saga and really enjoyed it (although it could've used controller support imho....)

3 years ago
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There's another game with similar style including art, but couldn't find it. :(
And I also have this game on my wishlist but don't know how much of an action-adventure it is:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/428660/Deliver_Us_The_Moon/

3 years ago
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/242940/Anachronox/

This certainly has a unique feel to the world you are in.

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Oldie I've never heard of. Whishlisted, thank you :)

3 years ago
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These two are among more or less well-known titles, but I don't see them in your library: I mean Elex and Greedfall, and there's a strong chance that you'll enjoy both.

Also, I think Game of Thrones hasn't been mentioned yet.

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The telltale GoT? Greedfall and Elex are both titles that look really good. Ty

3 years ago
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Nope (that one was awful, I'd never recommend it to anyone), there's actually a pretty decent RPG akin to Spiders games: https://store.steampowered.com/app/208730/Game_of_Thrones/

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Oh, that looks like something I might like. The Telltale GoT I didn't care for unlike TWD or the Wolf series.

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Never heard of it. Thank you

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